Tabulation control means



Oct. 25, H GANG TAB'ULATION CONTROL MEANS 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan.15, 1953 INVENTOR HERMAN GANG wazaw A ORNEY Oct. 25, 1955 H. GANGTABULATION CONTROL MEANS Filed Jan. 15, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORHERMAN GANG BY 61 A ORNEY Oct. 25, 1955 H. GANG TABULATION CONTROL MEANS4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. 15, 1953 INVENTOR HERMAN GANG BY M 4 A ORNEYmow N? N? Oct. 25, 1955 H. GANG TABULATION CONTROL MEANS 4 SheetsSheet 4Filed Jan. 15, 1953 INVENTOR HERMAN GANG BY A ORNEY United States PatentTABULATION CONTROL MEANS Herman Gang, Livingston, N. J assignor toMonroe Calculating Machine Company, Orange, N. J., a corporation ofDelaware Application January 15, 1953, Serial No. 331,469 Claims. (Cl.235-63) The invention relates to carriage position control means forcalculating machines and more particularly to such means including meansfor tabulating a shiftable register carriage to a selecteddenominational position.

In the performance of certain calculations, it is necessary to tabulatethe carriage to a selected denominational position to properly relatethe factors of the problem before the institution of the operation. Asdisclosed in applicants Patent No. 2,531,206, issued on November 21,1950, a dividend set-up control means is operable first to shift theregister carriage of a calculating machine rightwardly to a givendenominational position and then to enter a dividend value set on thekeyboard into the product dividend register. The carriage shift will beterminated in the right end position; or if the calculation is to beperformed with relation to a fixed decimal, the

shift will be terminated in an intermediate position corresponding to aset tabular key as disclosed in the above noted patent. However, thecarriage may be in the position corresponding to the set tabular key.This location of the carriage may be the result of operation upondepression of a carriage shift key, or it may be the result of aprevious calculation such as a multiplying operation with carriage shiftreturn in accordance with the disclosure of applicants Patent No.2,531,207, issued on November 21, 1950. In this event, operation of thedivident set-up means will result in a carriage shift out of the desiredposition.

To prevent the above undesired shifting operation, the devices of thepresent invention provide means which, if the carriage is in theposition corresponding to a set tabular key, will disable the carriageshift initiating means which would normally be operable upon operationof the dividend set-up control devices. The dividend setup operationwill, therefore, be effected with the carriage in the desired position.However, all other machine operations will be unaffected by the devicesof the invention and will be performed in normal manner with relation tothe tabulating means.

Other advantages of the invention will appear from the followingdescription of a preferred embodiment thereof when read in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawings wherein reference numerals applied tocertain parts designate like parts in the aforenoted patents to whichreference is made for details of mechanism not herein disclosed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a right side elevation of the machine embodying the inventionand with the parts in normal position.

Fig. 2 is a right side elevation similar to Fig. 1 with the parts in anoperated position and with certain of the parts broken away or omitted.

' Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the parts in anotheroperated position.

7 Fig; 4 is a fragmentary rear elevation of the tabular keys.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of the shift direction controlmeans.

Fig. 6 is a detail top plan view of the shift direction control rockerand the shift initiating member.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the parts shown in Fig. 6 as viewed from theleft.

Tabulating mechanism In the calculating machine of the aforenotedpatents and in which type of machine the invention is disclosed, thetabulating mechanism is operable only in conjunction with a carriageshift operation initiated upon depression of right shift key 369 or leftshift key 370 (Figs. 1 and 2). Keys 369 and 370 are mounted in themachine frame closely adjacent the plus bar and minus bar 121. Rightshift key 369 has a shoulder overlying a stud 397 carried by the stem ofplus bar 120 and left shift key 370 has a shoulder overlying a stud 398in the stem of minus bar 121, the stems of both keys extendingdownwardly and having slot and pin connection with the forward end of alever 368. Pivotally mounted at the rearward end of lever 368 and springurged toward the front of the machine is an arm 367 having a shoulder367' intermediate its ends and at the upper free end thereof a plunger438, the function of which will be later described. Fixed on a shaft 365extending through the frame of the machine is a latch lever 439 theforward end of which is bent over and normally overlies shoulder 367 ofarm 367.

Depression of right shift key 369 will therefore effect depression ofplus bar 120 which depression would normally cause additive operation ofthe registering mechanism, and depression of left shift key 370 willeffect depression of minus bar 121 which depression would causesubtractive operation. However, at the same time, depression of eithershift key will depress the forward end of lever 368 (Fig. 2) and raiseits rearward end with arm 367 to rock lever 439 and shaft 365 clockwiseby contact of shoulder 367 with the bent over portion of the lever.Clockwise movement of shaft 365 will result in disengagement of themachine drive with the registering mechanism and its engagement with thecarriage shifting mechanism. Upon release of a shift key the parts willbe restored thereby effecting counterclockwise movement of shaft 365which will result in denominational termination of the shift. Referenceis made to the aforenoted patents for the details of these operations.

Should the right shift key 369 or the left shift key 370 be helddepressed until the carriage is shifted into either of its endpositions, shift initiating shaft 365 will be restored whereupon theshift is terminated in the same manner as when the shaft is restored byrelease of a shift key. For this purpose, two lugs 460 (Figs. 1, 2, and4) are located on the rear of the carriage 2 and so spaced that the noseof plunger 438 mounted on arm 367 is positioned just below one or theother of the lugs when the carriage is in either of its end positions.Should the carriage be in the right end position, for example, and theleft shift key 370 be depressed, the plunger which is spring urged toits normal raised position will be depressed by contact with lug 460when arm 367 is raised to rock shaft 365 to engage the shiftingmechanism. When the carriage has shifted from the right end position,lug 460 will be removed from contact with plunger 438 and said plungerwill be spring moved to its raised position. As the carriage is shiftedinto its left end position, the nose of the plunger will ride outwardlyon the inclined edge 460 of lug 460 moving arm 367 to the rear againstthe tension of its spring. This movement of arm 367 will remove shoulder367' which through lever 439 rocked shaft 365 to shift initiatingposition, from restraining engagement with said lever 439 therebyallowing the lever and shaft 365 to be spring moved counterclockwise tonormal to terminate the shift. When the shift key is finally released,plunger 438 will drop below lug 460 and arm 367 will be urged forwardlyby its spring to locate shoulder 367 in its normal position below theforward end of latch lever 439. Termination of the shift at the oppositeend position is, as will readily be understood, accomplished in the samemanner.

The tabulating keys 402 (Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4) one for eachdenominational order intermediate the right and left end carriage shiftpositions, are located on the rear of the carriage intermediate the lugs460 (Fig. 4). The lower end of each key 402 terminates in a lug 461which is bent outwardly from the carriage at substantially the sameangle as the lugs 460, and is provided with a pair of oppositelydisposed inclined edges each of which is adapted to displace plunger 438in the same manner as described in connection with the inclined edges460 of the lugs 460. In the unset position of the keys 402, the lugs 461are raised above and out of range of the plunger 438 when a shift key isdepressed. However, when one of the keys 402 is depressed, its lug 461is brought into the same plane as the lugs 460 and should the carriagebe shifted either to the right or left into the order corresponding tosaid key, one or the other of the inclined edges of the lug 461 will actto displace the plunger 438 and terminate the shift in the same manneras described in connection with the lugs 460. When the shift key isfinally released, plunger 438 will drop below the lug 461 of thetabulating key 402 as described in connection with the end lugs 460 andthe parts will be restored to normal. Should a shift key then bedepressed, plunger 438 will yield by engagement with lug 461 of thetabular key and a shift will be initiated as described with the carriagein an end position.

As will be noted in Fig. 4, a depressed key 402 is latched in setposition by a lug 462, one of which is provided for each key, on slide462 which is spring urged to the left. Upon depression of one or theother keys 402 and before it is latched, an inclined edge of the keystern will, by contact with its lug, cam the locking slide 462 to theright allowing the previously set key to be restored by a suitablespring to normal. An additional key 463 is provided which functions inlike manner to unset any one of the keys 402 thereby providing for shiftto the end positions.

Dividend entering with selective carriage shift The register clearingoperations, fully disclosed in Patent No. 2,531,206, are selectivelyeffected upon engage,- ment of a single cycle auxiliary clear clutch(not shown). The clutch is engaged to clear the product-dividend wheels13 (Figs. 1 and 2) upon depression of a clear key 467, and upondepression of an adjacently positioned clear key (not shown), the clutchis engaged to clear the multiplier quotient dials 85. The clear keys maybe depressed conjointly, and thus the clearing operations effectedsimultaneously. As an incident to the operation of the clear clutch, ashaft 484 is rocked counterclockwise and returned to perform operationshereinafter described.

Conjoint depression of a set-up key 468 with clear key 467 and/or theother register clear key will, if carriage 2 is out of its right endposition, normally be operable to cause engagement of the carriage shiftmechanism for right shift, and to release spring energized lever 553which causes operation of the dividend entering operation. Operation ofthe dividend entering mechanism, however, will be held in abeyance untiltermination of the carriage shift. A slot at the lower end of the sternof setup key 468 is intermediately engaged by a pin 607 at the leftmostend of a lever 607 and also pin 607 engages the lower edge of arectangular opening 200a at the lower end of a latch arm 200. Latch arm200 is pivotally mounted at its upper end to a rearwardly extending armof a bell crank 201 which is fulcrumed on the machine frame. Latch arm200 is spring urged clockwise, thereby normally engaging (Fig. 1) ashoulder 20% thereof with the rear edge of a plate 202. Latch arm 200normally is held against downward movement by its shoulder 20012engaging plate 202, and pin 607 engaging the lower edge of opening 200awill therefore restrain lever 607 from counterclockwise movement.

A link 203 has pivotal attachment at its left end with lever 607 aslight distance to the rear of pin 607. A second link 204 has pin andslot connection with link 203 and the two links are normally springurged together lengthwise to the limit of the slot and pin connection.The right link 204 has pivotal connection with a crank 205 fixed onshaft 484. Therefore, upon depression of either or both of the clearkeys and the consequent counterclockwise movement of crank 205, thespring connection between links 203-204 will yield for the reason thatpin 607 engaging the edge of opening 200a will hold lever 607 againstcounterclockwise movement. However, upon depression of set-up key 468(Fig. 2) a pin 468a on the key stem, which engages a cam surface on theleft edge of latch arm 200, will rock said arm counterclockwise, therebyremoving shoulder 20% from engagement with plate 202. Latch arm 200will, therefore, be permitted downward movement, and when crank 205 isrocked (Fig. 3) upon conjoint depression of a clear key, links 203-204will be efiective to rock lever 607. The slot at the end of the stern ofkey 468 and opening 200a of latch arm 200 will permit lever 607 to berestored by links 203204 should the key be held depressed (Fig. 2) untilthe end of the clear out clutch cycle. Furthermore, the stern of setupkey 468 has a forwardly extending arm which overlies a pin in the stemof each of the clear keys. Therefore, depression of the setup key willresult in conjoint depression of both of the clear keys. The productdividend register will, therefore, be cleared for the dividend enteringoperation and the multiplier quotient register will be cleared for thesubsequent division operation. The above operations result in arightward carriage shift followed by the dividend entering operation asfollows.

A shift direction control slide 595 (Fig. 5) is mounted on the innerside of the right side frame. Slide 595 is adapted for two settings;normally toward the rear of the machine as shown in dot-dash lines andtoward the front as shown in full lines and in which positions it isheld by a suitable toggle spring. Mounted on the rear and extendingdownwardly from slide 595 is a tightly wound spring 596. The lower endof spring 596 is not anchored but extends downwardly through a hole located on the end of an inwardly extending arm of a rocker 597. Rocker597is pivotally mounted on a bracket which is mounted on the outer face ofthe right side frame, and its inwardly extending arm which hasconnection with, spring 596 passes through a suitable opening in theside frame. Rocker 597 is adapted to be rocked in a plane Substantiallparallel to that of the keyboard, but normally is held in a central orneutral position by a recess 598' (Fig. 1) in the rear under edge of alever 598 which has common pivotal mounting, with lever 607. Lever 598is spring urged clockwise thereby holding its rear end downwardly tonormally engage recess 598' with an outwardly extending arm of rockerAttached to slide 595 (Fig. 5) is a forwardly extending arm 595a havinga lug at its forward free end engaged by the depending arm of bell crank201. There fore, upon downward movement of latch arm 200 when lever 607is rocked, the arm of bell crank 201 engaging the lug of arm 595a willadjust slide 595 to its forward right shift controlling position. Spring596 will now urge rocker 597 counterclockwise as the spring tends tostraighten itself to the position shown to the left in dotdash lines(Fig. 5.).

Lever 607 is disposed to the rear. of lever 598 and has at its rear enda lug 607 (Figs. 1, 2, and 3) which underlies and is normally in contactwith the lower edge of lever 598. Thus, when lever 607 is rockedcounterclockwise, lever 598 will likewise be rocked, thereby removingrecess 598 from engagement with the arm of rocker 597 to release saidrocker. Lever 607 is further provided at its rear end with an upstandingarm 608 which is normally positioned just below a rearwardly extendingarm of the lower link of toggle 552. Accordingly, when lever 607 isrocked arm 608 will break said toggle and release lever 553 which wouldnormally initiate an operation of the setup mechanism. However, the rearend of lever 598 will be raised into position to block the leftwardmovement of a lever 567 (Figs. 2 and 3) which would normally result inoperation of the setup mechanism. Therefore, the operation is held inabeyance as long as lever 598 is held in blocking engagement with lever567.

A crank 602 fixed on shaft 484 has yieldable link connection 603 with adepending crank 604 which is integral with a rearwardly disposed hub ofan arm 605 (Figs. 6 and 7). The hub of arm 605 is provided with acircumferential slot and is rotatably mounted and adapted for lateraldisplacement on a stub shaft 606 extending outwardly from the sideframe. A pin in the end of a forwardly extending arm of rocker 597 ispositioned in the slot of the hub of arm 605. Thus, it will be seen thatwhen rocker 597 is rocked in either direction, arm 605 will be movedlaterally either to the right or to the left on shaft 606.

The forward end of arm 605 is normally positioned between and out ofcontact with pins 369 and 370' which are located in the lower ends ofthe stems of right and left shift keys 369 and 370 respectively. Thus,normally during a clearout cycle, shaft 484 through crank 602, link 603and crank 604 will rock arm 605 clockwise to a position above pins 369and 370' and return without contacting said pins. However, when rocker597 has been released (Fig. 2) from recess 598' of lever 598 asdescribed, spring 596 (Fig. 5) will move rocker 597 counterclockwisefrom the position shown in Fig. 6 as arm 605 passes above and betweenpins 369' and 370'. Therefore, arm 605 will be moved from its midposition into engagement with the stem of right shift key 369 above pin369', and as arm 605 is restored it will engage the upper side'of pin369' thereby depressing shift key 369 (Fig. 2) to initiate a rightcarriage shift.

When rocker 597 is moved counterclockwise, the outwardly extending armthereof will be moved to the right of recess 598 of arm 598. Therefore,when lever 607 is restored (Fig. 2) the lower edge of lever 598 willrest upon the outwardly extending arm of rocker 597. Thus lever 598 willbe held in blocking engagement with lever 567 until termination of thecarriage shift. The shift will be terminated in the right end positionor in a position corresponding to a set tabular key 402. As an incidentto the shift terminating operation, an arm 429 (Figs. 1, 2, and 6) willbe rocked counterclockwise. Rocker 597 is provided with a cam slot atits rear. As arm 429 is rocked, an extension 429' thereof will entersaid slot thereby moving rocker 597 clockwise to its central position.Rocker 597 will, therefore, move arm 605 out of engagement with pin 369'of right shift key 369 thereby releasing the key. Furthermore, theoutwardly extending arm of rocker 597 will be moved to the left from theposition shown in Fig. 2 into alignment with recess 598 and lever 598will be spring restored to engage the recess with the arm therebylocking rocker 597 in central position against the tension of spring596. When lever 598 is restored its rear end will be removed fromblocking engagement with the end of lever 567 and, as toggle 552 wasbroken at the start of the operation, a dividend entering operation willbe effected by the setup mechanism. The setup mechanism operates throughcontrol of operation of the registering mechanism. During operation ofthe registering mechanism, a rocker 627 (Fig. 5) is operated to drive acounting finger 626 as fully disclosed in the aforenoted Patent2,531,207. A finger 627a depending from rocker 627 is adapted to engagea lug on shift control slide 595 upon operation of the rocker when theslide is in forward position, thereby moving the slide to its normalrear position. The shift control means are therefore normally set forleft shift in conjunction with a multiplier entering operation.

Dividend entering with disablement of carriage shift initiating means Itwill be recalled that upon depression (Fig. 2) of setup key 468, lever598 is rocked to release rocker 597 which then is operable by spring 596(Fig. 5) to adjust arm 605 for operation in conjunction with a registerclearing operation to initiate a right carriage shift. The devices ofthe invention provide a blocking device which is moved from ineffectiveposition into position to block rocker 597 from operation upon releaseby lever 598 if the carriage is in an intermediate positioncorresponding to a set tabular key 402 and thereby prevent shifting ofthe carriage.

The blocking device comprises a crank 701 (Figs. 1, 2, and 3) pivotallymounted at the rear of the right side rame. An upstanding arm of crank701 terminates in a nose 701a which, when crank 701 is in normalclockwise position (Figs. 1 and 2) is positioned immediately adjacentthe rear of the lug 461 of any unset tabular key 402 if the carriage isin the position corresponding to the key. However, if the tabular key isin depressed set position (Fig. 3) lug 461 will be positioned below nose701a. A blocking end 7011: of a forwardly extending arm of crank 701normally is positioned above (Figs. 1 and 2) and out of the path ofmovement of the outwardly extending arm of rocker 597. A lever 703 haslink connection 705 at its forward end with lug 607 of lever 607 and isthereby held in normal counterclockwise position with its rear endengaging the under side of a pin 7010 of crank 701. A spring 707normally maintains the engagement of pin 7010 with the end of lever 703to provide a resilient coupling between the lever and crank 701.

First the operation will be considered upon depression of setup key 468with the carriage in an intermediate position in which a tabular key 402is in raised or unset position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Levers 607 and598 will be rocked counterclockwise, thereby removing recess 598 (Fig.2) from restraining engagement with the forwardly extending arm ofrocker 597 to release the rocker. Link 7 05 will rock lever 703clockwise and yieldable spring connection 707 will urge crank 701counterclockwise. However, nose 701a, a slight distance to the rear oflug 461 of the unset tubular key (Fig. 2) will engage the lug and crank701 will be blocked from counterclockwise movement as yieldable springconnection 707 permits the movement of lever 703. Blocking end 701bwill, therefore, remain in raised position out of the path of move-.ment of the arm of released rocker 597 and the carriage shift followedby the factor entering operation will be effected as heretoforedescribed. In Fig. 2, lever 607 is shown in restored position which ispermitted by the slot in the stem of depressed key 468. The end of lever703 therefore is shown reengaged with pin 7010 after having beenpermitted movement by spring 707.

Next the operation will be considered with the carriage in the positionof a depressed tabular key 402 (Fig. 3) wherein its lug 461 will belowered out of the counterclockwise path of movement of nose 701a. Uponoperation of the parts, as described, spring 707 will be effective torock crank 701 counterclockwise as nose 701a will be permitted movementabove the lug 461 of the set tabular key 402. Therefore, blocking end701b will be lowered into the path of movement of the arm of rocker 597and the rocker will be disabled to adjust the mechanism to initiate acarriage shift. When levers 607 and 598 are restored, the end of lever598 will be removed from engagement with the end of lever 567 and thefactor entering operation will be effected without a carriage shift.

Means are provided to permit a right carriage shift if the carriage isin the left end position. Such means comprises a fixed lug 469a (Figs. 1and 4) above lug 460. Lug 46th: is in the horizontal plane of lugs 461of keys 402 when the keys are in unset position. Nose 701a will,therefore, be blocked and crank 701 will be prevented counterclockwisemovement to disable the shift initiating mechanism.

In the machine of the patents herein referred to, levers 607 and 598 arerocked by manual depression of setup key 468, while in the machine inwhich the invention has been disclosed this operation is performed bypower from the clear clutch. Furthermore, in the present disclosure,shift direction control slide 595 is adjusted by means other thandisclosed in the reference patents. Operations other than these whichcooperatively relate with the operations of the mechanisms of theinvention are performed as fully disclosed in the reference patents.

It will be obvious that the invention is applicable to control means toinitiate a carriage shift in either direction. For example, theforwardly extending arm of crank 701 could be lengthened and a recessprovided at its lower edge adapted to engage the arm of rocker 597 toprevent its adjustment in either direction. Furthermore it will beobvious that the invention is not limited to the control of shiftinitiating means in conjunction with the particular carriage shiftingmechanism nor to the particular machine operation herein disclosed. Theinvention, therefore, is to be restricted only by the spirit of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. In a motor driven calculating machine having a shiftable carriage,mechanism for denominationally shifting said carriage, and meansoperable to terminate operation of said shifting mechanism; thecombination with means operable to initiate operation of said shiftingmechanism, and a plurality of settable tabular keys including a blockingmember each corresponding to a denominational position and each operablein set position to initiate operation of said shift terminating meansupon movement of said carriage into the position corresponding thereto;of a device operable to disable said shift initiating means and blockedfrom operative movement by the blocking member of an unset tabular keywhen said carriage is in the position corresponding thereto.

2. In a motor driven calculating machine having a shiftable carriage,mechanism for denominationally shifting said carriage, and meansoperable to terminate operation of said shifting mechanism; thecombination with a member operable to initiate operation of saidshifting mechanism and adjustable from ineifectively operable toeffectively operable position, control means operable to cause operationof said shift initiating member and its adjustment from ineffeetivelyoperable to effectively operable position, and a plurality of settabletabular keys each corresponding to a denominational position and eachoperable in set position to initiate operation of said shift terminatingmeans upon movement of said carriage into the position correspondingthereto; of a device operable when said carriage is in the positioncorresponding to a set tabular key to disable said control means toadjust said shift initiating member to effectively operable position.

3. In a motor driven calculating machine having a shiftable carriage,mechanism'for denominationally shifting said carriage, and meansoperable to terminate operation of said shifting mechanism; thecombination with a member operable to initiate operation of saidshifting mechanism and adjustable from ineffectively operable toeffectively operable position, control means operable to cause operationof said shift initiating member including an adjusting member for movingsaid shift initiating member from ineffectively operable to effectivelyoperable position and a plurality of settable tabular keys eachcorresponding to a denominational position and each operable in setposition to initiate operation of said shift terminating means uponmovement of said carriage into the position corresponding thereto; of adevice operable when said carriage is in the position corresponding to aset tabular key to block said adjusting member from moving said shiftinitiating member to effectively operable position.

4. In a motor driven calculating machine having a shiftable carriage,mechanism for denominationally shifting said carriage, and meansoperable to terminate operation of said shifting mechanism; thecombination with a member operable to initiate operation of saidshifting mechanism and adjustable from ineffectively operable toeffectively operable position, control means operable to cause operationof said shift initiating member including an adjusting member for movingsaid shift initiating member from ineifectively operable to effectivelyoperable position, and a plurality of settable tabular keys including ablocking member each corresponding to a denominational position and eachoperable in set position to initiate operation of said shift terminatingmeans upon movement of said carriage into the position correspondingthereto; of a device operable when said carriage is in the positioncorresponding to a set tabular key to block said adjusting member frommoving said shift initiating member to effectively operable position andblocked from said blocking operation by the blocking member of an unsettabular key when said carriage is in the position corresponding thereto.

5. In a motor driven calculating machine having a shiftable carriage,mechanism for denominationally shifting said carriage, and meansoperable to terminate operation of said shifting mechanism; thecombination with a member operable to initiate operation of saidshifting mechanism and adjustable from ineifectively operable toeffectively operable position, control means operable to cause operationof said shift initiating member including an adjusting member for movingsaid shift initiating member from ineffectively operable to effectivelyoperable position, and a plurality of settable tabular keys including ablocking member each corresponding to a denominational position and eachoperable in set position to initiate operation of said shift terminatingmeans upon movement of said carriage into the position correspondingthereto; of a pivotally mounted device having a sensing end and ablocking end normally ineffectively positioned relative to the adjustingmember for the shift initiating member, resilient means operable by saidcontrol means for moving said device to position its blocking end toprevent operation of said adjusting member when said carriage is in aposition corresponding to a set tabular key and when said carriage is ina position corresponding to an unset tabular key, said device beingprevented from movement by engagement of its sensing end with theblocking'member of said key.

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